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Keyboard hiding lower buttons on small Android screens
I have a application (Android) which have scroll activity form. On which there is a button for next screen (lowest of scroll). It's looking fine on large screens of android devices. But keyboard hides ...
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Is there any good reason why I shouldn't make some mobile app parts sticky?
What are the downsides of making that part with column-chart sticky (Always positioned to the top even when bottom part is scrolled down)?
Haven't met that kind of solution in any mobile app before. ...
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Name of this semi ubiquitous pattern in Google Now search field?
With Android JellyBean, Google introduced Google Now, which is a fantastic addition in itself as far as I'm concerned.
One interesting feature usability wise, something that dmh pointed out in a ...
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3answers
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Best practices for scrolling and navigation on touch interfaces: horizontal vs vertical
It's well known that on traditional (mouse/keyboard) interfaces horizontal scrolling goes against user expectations, however in touch devices the matter is not so clear.
Are there any best practices, ...
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Horizontal scrolling of a small area on a desktop website
It seems that a new design patterns is becoming more popular in mobile apps. If you look at the latest release of the App Store they use a horizontal swipe pattern in order to navigate through various ...
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What control flow can replace vertical (or horizontal) scrolling lists?
Assume a list (timeline) like you have in a mobile app like Path, Google+ or Facebook. The list is heterogeneous, the list items may be
photos
links (expanded snippets)
texts (status updates)
and ...
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1answer
141 views
Rating or Grading on touch devices (smartphones/tablets)
"tap to rate" vs "scroll to rate"
There are apps and webapps that implement the "tap to rate" approach (display a number of stars, icons or grades and let the user tap on the desired value) and there ...
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9answers
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Should users be forced into a responsive design (without the ability to opt out)?
There is nothing worse than getting automatically redirected to a mobile version of a site, and not having (or not easily finding) a "view normal site" link. It's not just that the mobile site is a ...
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5answers
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Scrolling vs. Pagination for a Mobile Order Form
Ok here is my windows mobile application for ordering system. As client requested i added a next page button (the button after the +). This turns a page with preferences of a product. However most of ...
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2answers
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'Scrolling divs' in mobile land. Yea or nay?
An interesting problem/challenge came up this week where some mobile designs requested a part of the screen be scrollable. This is quite common on desktop sites--typically a little scrolling box for ...
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3answers
431 views
how to display long text on mobile website
I trying to display a 2 page long page in a mobile website, i tried text area option but the scroll bars are not getting displayed in iphone mobile web. What are the ways you can think of for ...
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3answers
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What's the most efficient/least troublesome way to scroll when reading on mobile?
For reading purposes on mobile devices, what is the way to go? Paging or scrolling? If I want to give the reader the option of a scroll, should the controls for that be on-screen or in a menu?
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617 views
How to scroll up and down a mobile document
Assume you are using a mobile device where the only scrolling method is an up/down control - no scrollbars or other 'proportional' controls. You are viewing documents which typically have many links ...
